Example sentences of "five [noun pl] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , Robert Henry ( 1833–1916 ) , meteorologist , was born in Dublin 28 January 1833 , one of five sons and a daughter of James Smyth Scott , QC , a prominent Dublin lawyer , and his wife Louisa , daughter of Charles Brodrick , archbishop of Cashel , and sister of the sixth and seventh viscounts Midleton . |
| 2 | They were to have six children ( five sons and a daughter ) : Jean Baptiste ( b 1732 ) , Antoine Jacques ( b 1733 ) , François ( b 1735 ) , Eugène Menin ( b 1737 ) , Jacques Louis ( b 1740 ) and Marie Geneviève . |
| 3 | THE LEYS , who have been a considerable force in schools ' rugby in recent years , prospered on the Austrian tour to earn five wins and a couple of defeats from seven games . |
| 4 | Five hens and a cockerel half-hopped , half-fluttered out . |
| 5 | There are only five pubs and a couple of discos in Lothian Road itself , though there are others in neighbouring streets . |
| 6 | The visiting students were unable to create scoring chances and could n't find an effective method of stopping Durham 's outstanding performer , full-back Tim Stimpson , who scored 28 points — three tries , five conversions and a penalty . |
| 7 | Patients had to have had insulin treated diabetes mellitus for more than five years and a history of altered awareness of hypoglycaemia within three months of transferring to human insulin . |
| 8 | On average it works out at about once every five years and a cost of many hundreds of pounds per fish . |
| 9 | The proposal also included an offer to reduce the price of supplies in real terms over the first five years and a pledge that during the contract period prices would remain ‘ within the general movement of prices in the economy ’ . |
| 10 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament composed of a House of Representatives which is popularly elected for five years and a Senate appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister ( currently Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson ) and of the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 11 | The President 's dinner raised us erm fifty five pounds and a profit on the hoe-down of thirty five pounds . |
| 12 | About five pounds and a silver tray . |
| 13 | I think it was about five pounds and a silver tray . |
| 14 | Five girls and a boy riding a name out of myth |
| 15 | Mrs Jean Vince ( 29 ) was said to be recovering at St James 's Hospital , Leeds and husband Jan ( 36 ) ‘ has n't touched base ’ since the five girls and a boy were all born healthy , weighing between 2lb 12oz and 1lb 6oz . |
| 16 | Jan Vince 's five girls and a boy were born by caesarean section to mum Jean within six minutes at St James 's Hospital in Leeds on May 19 . |
| 17 | The crew would in turn be commanded by an unusually large number of officers for a merchant ship , for , in addition to the commander , the ship might carry six mates , a surgeon , a purser , five midshipmen and a surgeon 's mate , any one of whose places would be of value to a politician seeking to build up an interest . |
| 18 | Hastings ' six penalties matches Tony Ward 's five penalties and a drop-goal in the Lions ' defeat in Cape Town in 1980 . |
| 19 | The nearest neighbour , a farmer well into his seventies , was more than five miles and a range of low hills away . |
| 20 | They had five daughters and a son , Digby , who died in 1884 . |
| 21 | A typical pack will have a capacity of 500 mAH which , in a collective pitch model employing five servos and a gyro , may have a fully charged life of only 20–25 minutes and certainly no more than 1 hour . |